Friday, June 27, 2014

There is not a lot going on in the vineyard right now, just the usual bits and bobs; wayward shoots to stuff, young vines to train and adventitious growth to nip in the bud.
I still have some replanting to do, however. A week ago, I drove over to Novavine, a grapevine nursery in Sonoma, to pick up some green-growing Cabernet Sauvignon (clone 337) bench grafts, but I've been a bit too busy to do anything with them. And now it is forecast to be 100°F, or higher, for the next few days - not exactly ideal planting temperatures. But in they must go.
Overall, I am happy with the growing season thus far. Fruit set in all four of Vinoland's grape varieties looks good. I'm a little surprised at how advanced the Cabernet Sauvignon grapes are, despite my almost calamitous timing as to exactly when to begin pruning this year. Apparently the vines have forgiven me.

Looks really healthy and green to my untrained eye. Someone gave me a vine for indoors but kevin did not water while I was away, they make the grooviest indoor plants because they just grow all over the show

ALW: My grandfather used to grow anything he could from seeds or cuttings, anything. One year he grew a grapevine from seed and I remember it climbing around the inside of the spare bedroom window. And yes, it was quite fetching :)